Monday, October 19, 2009

The Louisiana Territory

On April 30, 1803, the U.S. purchased from France the Louisiana Territory comprised of more than 800,000 square miles of land extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. Napoleon Bonaparte offered to sell the Louisiana Territory to the U.S. in order to raise funds for a renewed war with Great Britain. The price was about $15 million.
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